Multicultural Picturebooks

I frequently read about the need for multicultural picturebooks to promote the feeling of inclusion in the United States.Here is an interesting one on a Filipino American family: Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore.

Here is a sample: "Cora loved the kitchen. She loved to drink in the smells of Mama's Filipino dishes."

Cora got to help her mother make a Filipino dish, pancit. Usually her older brother and sisters helped with the cooking.

Kindergarten, first and second grade teachers can use this book for a multicultural unit.

The book includes a recipe for pancit as well as a glossary of  words used in the story from Tagalog, a language spoken in the Philippines.